World - China

BEIJING (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday visited China's Expo 2010 site in Shanghai at the close of a tour in which he has defended a more conciliatory approach towards Beijing. Full Story »

BEIJING - General Motors Co. and its main Chinese partner announced a venture Friday to sell vehicles in India, uniting in the two fastest-growing car markets in a deal that reflects GM's reduced status as a global automaker. Full Story »

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Smoking deaths in China, home to the world's largest smoking population, will double to two million a year by 2020 if the country does not do more to reduce tobacco use, health experts predict. Full Story »

BEIJING - An underground network of Christian missionaries that usually works with North Korean refugees says it has helped smuggle nearly two dozen Muslim Uighurs out of China following last summer's deadly ethnic violence and the subsequent government crackdown. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - A court in China's restive Xinjiang sentenced three more people to death Friday for their roles in July ethnic violence, state media said, raising the total condemned to die or executed to 17. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp will expand their China partnership overseas starting with plans to tap India's burgeoning car market in a move analysts hailed as good for both sides. Full Story »

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged G20 member states on Friday to avoid protectionism, taking aim specifically at China's restrictions on imports of Canadian canola. Full Story »

BEIJING - China sentenced three more people to death Friday for murder and other crimes committed in riots in the western region of Xinjiang in July. Full Story »

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sentenced 13 low-level officials to jail for an iron mine dam collapse just before the Olympic Games opened in Beijing last year, which was hushed up despite killing at least 43 nearby villagers. Full Story »

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced three more people to death on Friday for murder and other crimes during ethnic rioting in the far western Xinjiang region, state media reported. Full Story »

BEIJING - A senior Chinese official criticized foreign banks for selling derivatives with "fraudulent characteristics" that led to heavy losses for state-owned airlines and other companies. Full Story »

BEIJING - State-owned Sinopec Corp. said Friday it has signed a 20-year contract with Exxon Mobil Corp. to buy gas from Papua New Guinea, in the latest of a flurry of foreign deals to secure fuel for China's booming economy. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - Canada and China agreed to avoid disputes on contentious issues and seek a "significant new era" in relations, as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set for more talks in Beijing Friday. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - China will need to invest up to 30 billion dollars a year to meet its goal of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the state press said Friday, citing an academic study. Full Story »

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinese plane maker Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Company has purchased a majority stake in Austrian aircraft parts maker Future Advanced Composite Components AG, the companies said. Full Story »

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has maintained a consistent allocation of its foreign exchange reserves across different currencies, a senior official said on Friday, suggesting that any diversification away from the dollar has been gradual. Full Story »

GUANGZHOU, China - Two mob bosses — nicknamed the "Hammerhead" and "Spicy Qin" — have been sentenced to death for murder and illegally running a business empire involving underground casinos, cement factories and poultry markets in southern China, a court official and local media said Friday. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - China and the World Bank are in talks on setting up low-cost factories in new industrial zones in Africa to help nations achieve higher economic growth, bank president Robert Zoellick said Friday. Full Story »